The Mountain

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - April 18, 2018

If this was 1985 this would be all over MTV, a Top Ten record. As it is, it’s number one in the radio  ...

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Star/Journeyman

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - April 9, 2018

STAR Focuses on the single. JOURNEYMAN Focuses on the body of work. STAR Goes for immediate success. JOURNEYMAN Thinks about the long haul.  ...

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The Attention Economy

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - April 2, 2018

NEVER PROMOTE BEFORE AVAILABILITY You’re lucky if someone’s noticed, if they’re aware of what you’re advertising/promoting, in a world of endless messages once  ...

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Eddie Money At The Grammy Museum

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - March 29, 2018

He was telling me jokes. You never know who these people really are. I was talking to Shirley Manson on Tuesday and I  ...

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The End Of Virality

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - March 21, 2018

There’s no buzz. Last night I watched “Logan Lucky” on Amazon. That’s where the movies are now, since Netflix has gone into production.  ...

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The Changing Of The Guard

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - March 13, 2018

While oldsters were focused on piracy and streaming payments, youngsters swooped in and stole the music business, and it’s definitely not business as usual.  ...

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Russ Solomon/Tower Records

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - March 7, 2018

It was about the store on Sunset. When you came to L.A., you went to the Whisky, the Troubadour, the Roxy and… Tower  ...

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ODESZA

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - February 27, 2018

http://spoti.fi/2wNpyYH I heard them on the Sirius XM Spectrum. The vocalist was Leon Bridges. The song was entitled “Across The Room” and it  ...

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Netflix

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - February 21, 2018

It’s already won. You don’t play the game, YOU CREATE THE GAME! This is what established players don’t recognize, whether it be in  ...

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Op-Ed: Hip-Hop Vs. Fox News … A War Of Believers – Bob Lefsetz

Posted by Bob Lefsetz - February 17, 2018

People hate hip-hop like they hate Fox News. We’re used to a monoculture in music, a cohesiveness, a comprehensible landscape. But that’s all  ...

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